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Table 3 Amino acid composition (%) of translations from Nematoda and four reference species

From: Codon usage patterns in Nematoda: analysis based on over 25 million codons in thirty-two species

Amino acid

Nematode

HS

DM

SC

EC

  

Mean

SD

    

A

Ala

6.6

0.8

7.1

7.5

5.6

9.2

C

Cys

2.3

0.3

2.3

1.9

1.3

1.1

D

Asp

5.1

0.3

4.8

5.2

5.8

5.2

E

Glu

6.3

0.4

6.9

6.4

6.5

5.7

F

Phe

4.7

0.5

3.8

3.5

4.4

3.8

G

Gly

6.1

0.7

6.6

6.3

5.1

7.3

H

His

2.4

0.2

2.6

2.7

2.2

2.2

I

Ile

6.0

0.8

4.4

4.9

6.5

6.0

K

Lys

6.9

0.6

5.6

5.6

7.3

4.8

L

Leu

8.8

0.5

10.0

9.0

9.5

10.1

M

Met

2.5

0.2

2.2

2.4

2.1

2.6

N

Asn

4.7

0.7

3.6

4.7

6.1

4.3

P

Pro

4.7

0.5

6.1

5.5

4.4

4.2

Q

Gln

3.9

0.3

4.7

5.2

4.0

4.3

R

Arg

5.8

0.6

5.7

5.5

4.4

5.5

S

Ser

7.2

0.5

8.1

8.3

8.9

6.4

T

Thr

5.3

0.2

5.3

5.7

5.9

5.7

V

Val

6.2

0.5

6.1

5.9

5.6

7.0

W

Typ

1.2

0.1

1.3

1.0

1.0

1.4

Y

Tyr

3.2

0.3

2.8

2.9

3.4

3.0

  1. DM, Drosophila melanogaster; EC, Escherichia coli; HS, Homo sapiens; SC, Saccharomyces cerevisiae.